noctalia-dev/noctalia-shell

Features

• Desktop Shell Plugin Frameworks - Provides a modular plugin framework for developing custom desktop widgets and system utilities.
• Wayland Desktop Shell Development - Provides a modular framework for building customizable status bars, launchers, and notifications for Wayland compositors.
• Desktop Widgets - Provides a comprehensive framework for building floating, draggable UI widgets on the desktop background.
• Bars and Widgets - Provides a framework to build UI components for status bars that display system information or trigger actions.
• Cross-Application Theme Synchronization - Synchronizes color schemes and visual styles automatically across various external applications and system components.
• Category-Based Search Sources - Allows for the addition of category-based browsing and search sources within the application launcher.
• Launcher Extensions - Provides a framework to extend the application launcher with custom search sources and command handlers.
• Plugin Registration Systems - Registers custom handlers that enable external scripts to trigger plugin actions programmatically.
• Plugin Systems - Provides a framework for creating modular UI components and system utilities using manifests and markup.
• UI and Logic Plugins - Implements a framework for handling background tasks and processing communication commands within plugins.
• Shell IPC Bridges - Exposes communication endpoints that allow external scripts and keybindings to trigger shell actions and plugin functions.
• Wayland - Connects to Wayland compositor-specific features to manage windows and workspaces.
• Inter-Process Communication Bridges - Provides an IPC bridge that exposes endpoints for external scripts and keybindings to trigger shell actions.
• IPC Endpoint Exposure - Creates callable endpoints that allow external utilities to trigger specific internal shell functions.
• Shell Extensions - Implements a plugin system to extend shell functionality with custom bar widgets and launcher providers.
• Wayland Desktop Shells - Implements a complete Wayland desktop shell providing status bars, launchers, and notifications.
• IPC Command Routers - Routes communication calls between external processes and internal shell functions to trigger system actions.
• Declarative Configuration Systems - Utilizes a declarative configuration system to set system defaults and user preferences.
• Event-Driven UI Rendering - Displays floating UI components that update in real time based on system events and persisted data.
• Manifest-Based Plugin Loading - Loads modular UI components and background services using declarative manifests and markup files.
• Application Launchers - Provides a utility to open and close an application launcher for rapid software execution.
• Wallpaper Color Extractors - Extracts dominant colors from wallpaper images to generate cohesive system-wide color palettes.
• Dynamic Theming - Implements a dynamic theming engine that extracts color palettes from wallpapers to theme the shell and external applications.
• Floating Desktop Widgets - Provides a framework for creating draggable and floating UI components for system information and quick-action controls.
• Custom Widget Additions - Provides a system to add custom indicators and action buttons to the top and bottom system bars.
• Theme Management Systems - Includes a utility to switch between light and dark modes and apply global color schemes.
• Wallpaper-Based Palette Generation - Extracts dominant colors from wallpapers to automatically generate consistent Material Design system themes.
• Shell Widgets - Provides a system for creating interactive action buttons and toggles within the shell's control center.
• UI Configuration Mappings - Maps user preferences and system defaults to interface properties via a structured configuration module.
• Hot-Reloaded Plugin Development - Automatically updates active UI components upon saving source files without restarting the host.
• Panel Trigger Mechanisms - Implements a mechanism to open dedicated system panels immediately following interactions with bar widgets.
• Quick Settings Toggles - Provides configurable toggle buttons in the central panel for triggering system shortcuts and interfaces.
• Plugin Preferences - Implements a mechanism to save and load user-configured plugin preferences to disk for persistence across sessions.
• Settings Integration - Integrates plugin configuration interfaces directly into the centralized system settings panel.
• Plugin Configuration Forms - Ships a framework for building graphical configuration forms with widgets to modify plugin behavior.
• Hot Code Reloading - Refreshes active UI components in real time without restarting the shell by monitoring source files.
• Plugin Panel Managers - Provides utilities to open, close, and toggle settings panels and operational views for installed plugins.
• Shell UI Panels - Provides a system for toggling plugin interface panels on specific screens relative to widgets.
• Quick Launchers - Provides rapid entry points for system utilities such as clipboard history, emoji selectors, and window switchers.
• Graphical Settings Editors - Provides a graphical settings editor for adjusting shell appearance and behavior with immediate application.
• Plugin Overlays - Displays detailed plugin interfaces as full-screen overlays triggered by specific widgets or system events.
• Desktop Environment Configurations - Provides a system for defining the background imagery and overview layout of the desktop shell.
• System Services Integration - Provides an API suite for controlling audio, monitoring battery status, and triggering system notifications.
• Background Processing - Features a background processing engine for monitoring system events and executing commands independently of the UI.
• Custom Widget Registrations - Provides a registration system to add custom components to the widget picker for deployment.
• Plugin Installation and Management - Automatically configures and installs missing plugins from a local directory during the startup process.
• Theme Synchronizations - Implements a generator for configuration files to synchronize visual styles and color palettes across third-party applications.
• Shell Plugin State Management - Provides an API for controlling panel visibility and persisting plugin settings.
• Notification Silencing - Implements a Do Not Disturb mode to suppress incoming notification alerts.
• System Resource Monitors - Includes a dedicated interface for tracking real-time system performance and hardware resource usage.
• Blur Effects - Implements a visual effect system that applies blur filters behind windows and shell components for depth.
• Color Schemes - Loads core colors from palettes to generate Material Design tokens for the interface.
• Custom Color Theme Definitions - Enables the definition of complete sets of colors and hover states to customize the interface appearance.
• External Application Theme Templates - Provides custom templates for applying consistent theming to unsupported external applications.
• Custom Settings Interfaces - Implements user configuration menus and feature toggles that integrate directly into system settings.
• Configuration File Generators - Creates themed configuration files for various applications based on specified templates.
• Interface Color Schemes - Allows the creation of personalized color palettes including coordinated dark and light variants.
• Widget Visual Customization - Ships a dedicated interface for customizing per-instance visual options including colors and layout.
• Interface Visibility Controls - Provides utilities to toggle the display mode and screen position of bars, docks, and widgets.
• Interface Visibility IPC - Toggles the launcher interface via inter-process communication to enable custom keyboard shortcut bindings.
• Notification History Centers - Provides a notification history center to view, retrieve, and clear past system alerts.
• Interaction Overlays - Offers a framework for creating full-screen interfaces used for complex user interactions and detailed information.
• Full-Screen Overlays - Provides a utility to construct full-screen overlay interfaces for browsing content or displaying detailed information.
• Theme Synchronization Tools - Synchronizes visual styles across GTK, Qt, and KDE applications for a consistent desktop appearance.
• Toast Notification Systems - Ships a system for displaying brief, timed pop-up toast notifications with customizable content.
• Terminal Color Palettes - Sets background, foreground, and accent colors for various terminal emulators to match the shell theme.
• Widget Behavioral Configurations - Offers a system to modify the layout, scale, and behavioral properties of individual desktop widgets.
• Per-Instance Widget Configuration - Provides a system for managing per-instance data such as position and scale for individual desktop widgets.
• Window Effects - Provides a system to adjust window visual properties and apply blur effects for a uniform interface.

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